Wire basket.



H. T. BEATTY & A. REESE.

WIRE BASKET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 3, 1911.

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WIRE BASES].

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 21, 191 1.

Application filed November 3, 1911. Serial No. 658,395.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY T. BEATTY and ANDREW REEsE, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Massillon, in the county of Stark, State ofnew and useful Wire Basket of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in wire baskets.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a wire baskethaving a structure to receive and hold the bottom in a novel, simple andeiiicient manner. I

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a sectional view of a cylindrical basket.Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the bottom in the act of beingforcedhome. Fig. 3 is a view showing a modified form of basket. Fig. 4is a section on the line H of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a section on the line5-5 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 3.

The side walls of the basket consist of the upper and lower hoop ormarginal strands 10 and 11', which are connected by the vertical fillerstrands 13. The. filler wires or strands are terminally coiled aroundthe the coils of the'several filler strands spacing them apart. Theupper or rim hoop is slightly larger than the lower or base hoop to givea downward taper to the basket the ends of the hoop strands are weldedtogether, so that the welding of the wires assures hoops with anunbrokenv surface. The joints are invisible in that the hoop wires aresevered flush with the corresponding twists of the vertical fillerwires, the twists of the vertical wires adjacent the joints being Weldedto the hoop wires, and thus when the meeting ends of the hoop wires arewelded together, the adjoining coils of the vertical wires will bewelded together concealing the joints. The filler strands 13 arestrengthened intermediate their ends by a hoop 12 which at its point ofcontact with the vertical filler wires or strands is welded to the same.

The portions 13 of the filler strands between the lower hoop 11 and theintermediate hoop 12 are outwardly yieldable independent of each other,and are each provided at an intermediate point or adjoining the lowerhoop 11, with an outwardly bulging kink 14 constituting a seat element,the kinks or seat elements 14 registerhoop strands. .Thus,

Ohio, have invented a ing horizontally, or being disposed in a planeparallel with and between the marginal or the side walls of the basketor receptacle are composed of the filler strands having unconnectedintermediate outwardly yieldable portions provided with outwardly bulgedkinks or olfsets forming the seat elements, which are adapted toengagethe periphery or rim of the bottom as will presently appear.

The bottom 16, as illustrated, is in the form of a pan, although thesame may be of any other suitable construction, the rim or periphery 15of the bottom being adapted to fit in the inner seat formed by the seatelements 14.

In assembling the bottom with the side wall structure of the basket orreceptacle, the bottom is forced downwardly within the side wallstructure, so that the periphery or rim of the bottomengages theyieldable portions 13 of the filler strands, which will cause the saidyieldable portions to be flexed or bulged outwardly, as seen in Fig. 2.Thus, as the bottom is depressed, the seat comprising the seat elements1 1 will be expanded to receive the periphery. or rim of the bottom, andwhen the bottom is forced home, that is, when the periphery or rim ofthe bottom reaches the seat elements 1 1, the seat elements, as a whole,will contract under the tension of the portions 13 of the fillerstrands, so as to firmly hold the bottom in position, it being apparent,however, that the bottom may be removed by forcing the same away fromthe lower or base'hoop 11, which will be permitted by the yieldingaction of the portions 13 of the filler strands.

It is essential that thc filler strands, or the flexible portions 13thereof, be uncon nected or independent of each other, in order that theseat for the bottom may expand and contract properly, as aboveintimated, it being manifest that the bottom may be perfectly rigid orunyielding.

The variation delineated in Fig. 3 embodies the same general principlesabove described. The basket illustrated in Fig. 3 is semicylindrical inform. The upper and lower marginal strands 10 and 11', respectively, arearcuate or semi-circular, and have their ends bent angularly, as at 14;,to be received by the reflexed side edges or flanges 15 of a back orbase plate 16.

The bottom plate 17 is semi-circular, the straight edge thereof beingprovided with a flange 18 seatable against the lower end portion of theback plate 16, the curved edge of the bottom 17 being seatable 'in theseat elements 14 of the yieldable portions 13 of the filler strands 13,in order that the bottom will be properly held in position.

In each form of the invention, it is to be observed that that portion ofthe receptacle defined by the yieldable portions having the seatelements, tapers from one end to the said seat elements to receive thebottom, and to spring the seat elements outwardly as the bottom isforced toward them, whereby the seat elements will spring over theperiphery of the bottom when the bottom is forced home.

What is claimed is 1. A receptacle having its sides composed oflongitudinal filler strands having uncounet-ted outwardly yieldableportions, the said yieldable portions having outwardly bulged kinksintermediate their ends forming seat elements, and that portion of thereceptacle defined by the said yieldablc portrons tapering from one endto the said seat t, 1,104,0ee

elements to receive a bottom and to spring the seat elements outwardlyas the bottom is forced toward them, whereby the seat elements willspring over the periphery of the bottom.

2. A basket comprising an open ended body having upper and lowermarginal strands connected by filler strands, the filler strands havingunconnected outwardly yieldable portions intermediate the marginalstrands, the said yieldable portions having outwardly bulged kinksintermediate their ends constituting seat elements arranged in a planeparallel with and between the marginal strands, that portion of thebasket defined by the said yieldable portions tapering from one end tothe said seat elements, and a bottom peripherally fitted in said seatelements.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have heretoaflixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

HARRY T. BEATTY. ANDREW REESE. Witnesses:

CLYDE HUsToN, JOHN A. GRAHAM.

